6 Weeks Photos

Well as promised here are some pictures of Alli at 6 weeks old. The first one is her favorite way to sleep. If only having her arms free didn't wake her up. I would let her sleep like this if that was the case. Unfortunately we have to bundle her and she hates that. So we're still working on a sleeping routine that she and I can both agree on. haha

Alli was in a good mood the other day so we had some kick around time on the boppy. It lasted all of 5 minutes when she got the hiccups and got very angry. :)

Here she is looking out the window. Not sure how far she could see or if she was just looking towards the light.

I love this face.

Here she is mad about her hiccups

Now that Alli is a whopping 10 lbs 9.5oz she is fitting into some of her 3 months clothes. Most of her 3 months clothes though are dresses. So now she gets to be a girlie girl! Here she is on her way to see Grammie in Winchester. She actually let me keep the headband on!

Grammie kept Alli for us while we ran an errand in Winchester. Here is what we came back to...a beautiful smile!

6 Week Check Up

Alli went today for her 6 week check up with Dr. McCollum. I'm really starting to like our pediatrician the more I'm around him. He is really good and loving with her. He makes sure to answer any questions we have. He has also made a big point today to really tell me what good a job we're doing on pumping and making sure she is getting the nutrition she needs through breast milk. We had talked last time about him wanting me to talk with the lactation consultatant about trying to breast feed. We had a lot of problems with latching and it just wasn't working. We've decided to exclusively pump and that has been working just fine for us. Yes, it is more work...but she is getting the food she needs and I'll do whatever I need to do. He said that pumping is great and he's really proud of me. Alli today weighed a WHOPPING 10 lbs 9.5 oz. She is also measuring 20.5 inches! My baby girl is getting huge! Dr. McCollum said she is in the 70th percentile for her weight. She has gained much quicker than expected. I knew she was because she LOVES to eat. We are going to try to encourage her to skip a night time feeding by just changing her and consoling her back to bed. This way we can maybe drop one of her feedings and keep her weight growth more to where it should be. He isn't concerned right now but we will want to make sure she doesn't continue to grow at this pace once she is 5-9 months old. So we will keep an eye on it. He said she looks great! Her shots were not bad at all either. She got 6 shots in all but some were combined together and one was in liquid form so she only got poked 3 times. She didn't like it but she consoled quickly. So now we are good until middle of November for her 4 month check up. I will try to take some pictures soon of our chunker!

Most people know this already but Ben had surgery yesterday for an appendicitis. It was very unexpected as most appendix problems are but it was taken care of quickly and he is home and slowly recovering. He is in a lot of pain today but it is getting better. His dad wonders if this is something that's been slowly flaring for a while now. It could have been what's called a groaning appendix where it would flare up but not ever turn into a full fledged appendicitis. This "could" be what's been causing Ben's stomach issues. If that's the case...man it would be so great for Ben to be back to normal without all his stomach problems. He would really love that! So we are hoping this was the case because he's been dealing with this the entire time we've been married! Anway, we'll see.

Growing again

Looks like we've hit another growth spurt. Alli is eating again every 2-3 hours during the day. Before the growth spurt she was consistently every 3-4 hours. The girl loves to eat. Her sleeping habits have changed as well. She used to sleep 10pm to 4am. Now it varies night to night. Sometimes I'm lucky to get her to sleep till 1. We hope this changes soon. I've been up a lot with her lately and haven't slept very much. I'm looking forward to when she can sleep through the night.

Her 6 week check up is coming up thursday. We'll see just how big our little girl has become. Julie, Chris, Shauna and Jeremy all saw her this past week and commented on just how BIG she is compared to when they saw her a few weeks ago. I have no doubt this girl is over 9lbs!

Not much else is going on around here. I'll try to post some pictures soon.

Blessing

Alli was blessed today. It was a beautiful blessing and her dress turned out great. For those of you who didn't know, Alli's dress was made from my wedding dress. Renee did a fabulous job! Here are some pictures from the day. We had so much fun hanging out with everyone!
Comparison of my dress and hers. Sorry I don't have a better picture of my dress.

Pictures!

I decided to finally get some pictures today. Alli is about 2.5 weeks old and her personality is really starting to come out. This morning we were up feeding while Ben was getting ready for work. I took Alli into the bathroom so I could talk to Ben while he was showering. Alli fell asleep and started dreaming. She came out with the biggest smiles. I caught one with his phone. I love her smile. I can't wait to see it when she is awake! She has also started to laugh in her sleep too. It's so stinking cute.

Here are some pictures we took at mom's. I went over to visit today and we caught her in a great mood wide awake. So here are some pictures of her with her eyes open.



You looking at me?


We also went to visit Ben at work. He wanted some pictures of them in the fire truck.


Daddy loves his little girl and she loves him. Look at that smile!